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laura - have your used those things that you clamp to your shoes? some are spike like things, others are a metal coil. all are on elastised sorta straps that fit over your boot or shoe whatever. i got myself and my mil each a pair couple years ago. she is in her 80's ...not a home body, we worried about her shopping and all the running around she does. icy sidewalks, parking lots etc. they work relly well and you shpuld be able to find them in department or sporting goods stores there in colorado. i keep a pair in my teuck in winter. we get a lot more ice rain and ice build up from fog etc than compact snow..tho we get our share of that stuff too.

our temps have gotten to 8 to 10 the last few days. supposed to climb up i to 20's next week and by end of next week into lo 30's. so NOAA is saying...so far they have been waaayyyy off on our day & night time temps here. the ice flows today going down the river were pretty cool to watch tho lol!

Not completely ice bound, but we've had days and days of single digit and below zero temperatures and we're not done yet. I tried to walk my dog and ended up falling on the ice, so I took her out the back gate into the snow and, while the snow went over the top of my boots, she had a great time and I didn't have to worry about falling. Now I'm home and will get a cup of tea and wrap up under the most comfy quilt ever. I found it at an estate sale and it's about 80 years old; red, white, and blue, with stars. It's so drapey and comfy and soft!! It makes me want to wash my quilts about 20 times and see how they end up. Stay warm and safe everyone!

oh...and i did a knife edge binding or on flannel quilt tops, w fur backing, brought backing around to front and stitched.

fur is messy. working on a another purse right now...i clean as i go along w damp cloth shake it out over trash can. then shake the pieces & scraps outside...the birds, squirrels and other critters seem to clean up the loose fur fast for bedding.

...and :)) in PA i had a chip unk that would sit on the rock wall in front of window. whenever he saw me he would start shaking & shivering in the cold. begging. i would go out, scrape snow off rocks..deposit handfull of sunflower seeds and then go back in and & son & i would watch that little character stuff his cheecks as full as he could. so..of course we would put larger amounts each time. i even tease critters :)) ..no matter how large an amount of sunflower seeds we put out for him...he would get every single one into his mout and then runnoff to stash. we played all that winter. he's probably the one that ate my potatoes the following summer! lollol

i did a fuzzy kitty quilt couple years ago, also an applique of my wolfdog ..both for grand daughters birthdays. there are tricks...but simple and doable.

my home office in PA was in basement, no where upstairs fpr my desk & file cabinet. so hung blankets and throw rugs on walls ala bedoin tent & had a couple of those oil filled radiator looking heaters. would get toasty enough for son to join me down there when he wasn't at school.

It's too cold to work in my basement office today, so I've taken over Dan's desk in the family room. I think I'll bring my machine (Pfaffy) up here, too. Poor baby's practically freezing down there... despite the flannels draped all over her.

Oh, good. My favorite squirrel just found an almond that I put out for him. They've been hard for him to find because they just plop into the snow and disappear, so I've started putting them in the crotch of his favorite tree. Have any of you ever appliqued with fake fur? I'm thinking of doing a squirrel quilt as a laugh for myself and I even have the right color of fake fur. The backing is really tough, unattractive stuff, but it's too thick to turn under, too. Maybe if I trim all of the fur from the backing for about 1/2" all the way around and just turn under the backing?